3.5. NppExec's Console

NppExec's Console can be shown using the toolbar button "Show NppExec Console" or the menu item "Show NppExec Console" in NppExec's submenu (Plugins -> NppExec -> Show Console).

* By the way, you can reassign the toolbar button or even disable it via NppExec's "Advanced options..." dialog.

NppExec's Console is used to:

  1. show the running console process'es output; optionally, the Console Output Filters can be used. This happens when some child console process is being executed;
  2. show NppExec's internal messages (command confirmations and so on - can be disabled with "No internal messages" option). This happens when (also may be before or after) some command is executed;
  3. show NppExec's built-in help. This happens when you type "help" or "help <command>" (e.g. "help npp_run", "help set" etc.) in the Console;
  4. go to specified line in specified file by double-clicking the Console's line which contains the file (path)name and the line - using the Console Output Filters -> HighLight;
  5. execute a single command or multiple commands by typing them in the Console and pressing Enter;
  6. copy (Ctrl+C) some text from and paste (Ctrl+V) to the Console;
  7. and more; type "help" in the Console for details.

See also: NppExec's Console behaviour [4.1]; Console output redirection [4.5].